Schmid on Eddie Johnson return, other topics

No huge news out of Sounders training today, but a few interesting topics from coach Sigi Schmid, who returned after missing yesterday with an undisclosed personal issue.

* Eddie Johnson "has been able to participate in training, but what we want to do is we want to now lay a base for him because he really missed preseason when you look at it in terms of the hard work that we did. So we figure this now becomes a good weekend when we can lay a little bit of that base to make sure that when we get him out there that we're not going to relapse him."

* Improving the home record was one of the club goals this season, so a 3-0 sweep of this opening homestand "is important to us."

* San Jose is more than Chris Wondolowski, although "he's a dangerous player."

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